Soe Thu
Quick Facts
Biography
Soe Thu (Burmese: စိုးသူ) is a Myanmar Motion Picture Academy Award-winning actor, singer and physician. Throughout his career, he has produced 11 music albums, and acted in over 100 films.
Soe Thu began his entertainment career when he was recruited by director Kyaw Naing to film Nantha Lu Chein နံ့သာလူးချိန်) and Pan Bu Gyi (ပန်းဖူးချိ). He made his break in 1983 with the film Maik Kyway Maik Pyit (မိုက်ကြွေးမိုက်ပြစ်). In 1985, he released his first music album, Achit Ye Hmattan (အချစ်ရဲ့မှတ်တမ်း).
Soe Thu was born Soe Thu Lwin on 30 November 1965 to parents Khin Maung Lwin, and irrigation department supervisor, and Khin Thuza, an attorney. He graduated from the University of Medicine 1, Yangon in 1996.
He subsequently retired from the entertainment industry, emigrating to the United States in 2003. He works at the MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center and MedStar Washington Hospital Center in the United States as a cardiologist. He returned to Myanmar in January 2013 to care for his ailing mother.
He is married to Khin Mya Mya Wut Hmon Swe, and has a daughter, Angel Soe Lwin.
Discography
- (အချစ်ရဲ့မှတ်တမ်း) (1985)
- (အရိုင်းလေး)
- (ဆယ်ကျော်သက်)
- (ကြိုပါကွယ်)
- (သက်ဆုံးတိုင်)
- (ကိုယ့်နေ့သစ်များ)
- (ကြည်ဖြူပါတော့ရာသက်ပန်)
Filmography
- Maik Kyway Maik Pyit (မိုက်ကြွေးမိုက်ပြစ်) (1983)